Computing Technology with IT Fundamentals

Managing Files in Computer Systems

Files management is one of the most reliable feature of any Operating system in the Computing World. The OS manages files and folders and their paths so that we can easily access them when we have huge data. Managing files can have three of the following major parts.

Common File types and their Formats

In this blog, I will talk about different common file types and their formats. File type is the default format of data files of any application. On Windows systems, a file’s type is specified by its extension, which is a code (usually three characters) that follows…

Applications Platforms and different types of Software

Today I will talk about applications or software programs which we install on the computing devices to enhance their compatibilities. Applications are the types of programs which perform specific tasks for the users. We can install new…

Operating system’s Features

Almost all Operating systems have many of the same capabilities or features because users have the same basic needs (such as running programs, managing files, and connecting to the Internet etc.) no matter which OS they use. Every OS also gives users the capability to navigate…

Operating system types and their interfaces in workstations

There are huge numbers of Operating systems developed in the past 2 to 3 decades. Every computing device has some sort of operating system that runs within it, similarly the workstations also supports many operating systems but…

Operating system, its Functions and Characteristics

Operating System

Operating System (OS) is one of the core software programs that runs on the hardware and makes it usable for the user to interact with the hardware so that they can send commands (input)…

Storage Locations: Local, Network and Online Storages

The storage technologies as we discussed in the previous blog enables us to store our data in different forms that are magnetic, optical and solid state storages. Now we want to see that what are the different locations in which we can…

Storage Technologies and their Devices

In todays era, every computing devices have some kind of storage memory that they use for storing informations. There are basically two types of storage, one is static or non-volatile storage and the other is Dynamic or volatile storage as I already discussed…

Other Common Input / Output Devices

As we saw in the previous blog about the display output devices and their ports. In this blog we will discuss about the other input/output devices which we attach to our systems to expand its capabilities. There are huge number of devices which we use as input/output…